Realestate 'Brownie Points'
(a) you have done business before. The agent will already have a sense of you. If that sense has been positive, it will very much help in future proceedings.
(b) how you conduct yourself. If you cannot say what you mean, then you cannot mean what you say. And a gentleman should always say what he means.
(c) when dealing with new agents:
(c) i : use character references, if you have dealth with a number of other agents, give your character references (only with regards to other agents), tell them that they are free to call your references with other agents and find out what sought of person you are.
(c) ii: use unconditional offers with a time expiriery period. Hand over the 10% deposit attached to the unconditional offer. Make sure the time expiery period is not too long. This gives an opportunity for the agent to go to the other party but with a legal limited time length for execution of the transaction.
(d) understand the pyschology of the agent. The agent is not there for the buyer or the seller, but to act as a middleman and execute a transaction. The agent only gets paid if the transaction is executed. Please try to understand the agents position.
(e) relevant to the opening post. The agent doesnt own the property. The underlying primary concern is that the agent wants to 'transact' the property in an ethical manner. The agent cannot influence the ethics of the seller, since the seller is the owner of the title. Hence if difficulties, one needs to ascertain where the 'difficulty' lies. Dont blame the agent if the difficulty is with the seller.
(f) star wars: yoga: there is not try. Do or do not. There is no try. At the end of the day its your job to create a position that is financially advantageous to yourself. Sometimes this envolves creative thinking. Othertimes the deal just wont be achieveable. Achievement of the deal at all costs can result in a 'do not' because the end results do not justify te future returns. Conversely a 'walk away' can result in a 'do' if the end result is a sub-satisfactory future financial result.
(a) you have done business before. The agent will already have a sense of you. If that sense has been positive, it will very much help in future proceedings.
(b) how you conduct yourself. If you cannot say what you mean, then you cannot mean what you say. And a gentleman should always say what he means.
(c) when dealing with new agents:
(c) i : use character references, if you have dealth with a number of other agents, give your character references (only with regards to other agents), tell them that they are free to call your references with other agents and find out what sought of person you are.
(c) ii: use unconditional offers with a time expiriery period. Hand over the 10% deposit attached to the unconditional offer. Make sure the time expiery period is not too long. This gives an opportunity for the agent to go to the other party but with a legal limited time length for execution of the transaction.
(d) understand the pyschology of the agent. The agent is not there for the buyer or the seller, but to act as a middleman and execute a transaction. The agent only gets paid if the transaction is executed. Please try to understand the agents position.
(e) relevant to the opening post. The agent doesnt own the property. The underlying primary concern is that the agent wants to 'transact' the property in an ethical manner. The agent cannot influence the ethics of the seller, since the seller is the owner of the title. Hence if difficulties, one needs to ascertain where the 'difficulty' lies. Dont blame the agent if the difficulty is with the seller.
(f) star wars: yoga: there is not try. Do or do not. There is no try. At the end of the day its your job to create a position that is financially advantageous to yourself. Sometimes this envolves creative thinking. Othertimes the deal just wont be achieveable. Achievement of the deal at all costs can result in a 'do not' because the end results do not justify te future returns. Conversely a 'walk away' can result in a 'do' if the end result is a sub-satisfactory future financial result.